When a person departs from this world, neither his silver, nor gold, nor precious stones nor pearls accompany him; only his Torah and good deeds.
He whose good deeds exceed his wisdom, his wisdom will endure. But he whose wisdom exceeds his good deeds, his wisdom will not endure.
The world stands on three things: on the Torah, on the service (of G-d), and on acts of loving-kindness.
He loves charity and justice; the earth is filled with the loving kindness of the Lord.
You have been told what is good and what the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God.
Whoever visits the sick, it is as if he removes part of his sickness and makes it easier on him, while one who ignores a sick person is like one who sheds blood.
He who visits the sick will be spared the punishments of the next world.
Rabbi Helbo fell sick and no one visited him. Rabbi Kahana rebuked the sages: Did it not once happen, he reminded them, that one of Rabbi Akiva’s disciples fell sick and the sages did not visit him? So Rabbi Akiva himself visited him and because [he arranged to have the floor] swept and washed, the Continue Reading »
Whoever visits the sick removes one sixtieth of his illness, while one who ignores a sick person hastens his death.
How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of the messenger and good tidings.
